Galaxy A3 (2016) SM-A310F “a3xeltexx”restarts (bootloop) when connected to WLAN

• /e/ version: e-0.7-o-2020021240990-dev-a3xeltexx
• Device model: Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) SM-A310F “a3xeltexx”
• When it started to occur: April 2019
• Reproducible with the last /e/ version: yes - e-0.7-o-2020021240990-dev-a3xeltexx
• Reproducible with LineageOS: NO. Last build of Lineage-15.1-20190709-UNOFFICIAL-signed-a3xelte works fine!

Summary

When I connect to my WLAN at home first time, the phone restarted endless, till I shut down wlan on the router.

• The device is unusable
• The bug is the source of a data loss or a big waste of time
• The bug concerns a tierce app
• The bug concerns security
• The bug concerns privacy

The problem

Steps to reproduce

When I connect to my WLAN at home first time, the phone restarted endless, till I shut down wlan on the router.

What is the expected correct behavior?

@Manoj’s test build /e/ OS ROM e-0.7-p-2020020439971-test-a3xelte works fine.

Technical informations

Solutions

Workaround

We built a test build of /e/OS Pie for the device and it seems to have resolved the issue.

Possible fixes

Read → here and → here.